April Skeptics in the Pub: LIVE AMATEUR SCIENTIST PODCAST/SKEPTICAMP FUNDRAISER

Live at Manuel's Tavern, the world's #1 tavern not pronounced like any reasonable person would think it's pronounced, it's the Amateur Scientist Roadshow!

Hosted by Brian Thompson of The Amateur Scientist Podcast, it's a thick hunk of weapons-grade entertainment set off by a detonator of comedy, whose resulting chuckleblast will shatter every last one of your funny bones!

Simply by attending, you agree not to sue! It's just that easy!

Fabulous guests! Mystifying information! Games! Prizes!

"Mixed drinks?" you ask? Sure!

"Unmixed drinks?" you say? Why not!

"I'm there!" you scream? You may have an alcohol problem!

But wait! There's more! The Amateur Scientist Roadshow is also a special fundraiser for the Atlanta Skepticamp, a grassroots conference for awesomeites like yourself to educate each other in the battle against unreality and poppycock! This is why there's a small charge for this event! AND Brian should have some exclusive Amateur Scientist Roadshow posters printed up by showtime which he'll be selling only at live shows for $10 a pop. All proceeds from this event will go to Atlanta Skepticamp World Domination Fund.

Like the old saying goes, be there or be some kind of stupid parallelogram everybody hates!

I enjoyed it. The comedy stylings of Brian Thompson is always appreciated by me at least! Plus, it raised a lot of money for Skepticamp, which I imagine will be quite posh this year. That reminds me, I better get cracking on my presentation!

A former member

An enjoyable evening! I was surprised and pleased to see how much could be raised from the auction of the various religious artifacts. I was hoping to bring back a piece of St. Sagan's True Cereal Box, but the price was too high...

A former member

A former member

This was my least favorite Skeptics in the Pub yet. I attend SitP to hear well-informed speakers presenting or discussing a well-researched topic. This month it was just three guys saying "so, what's in the news?" and cracking dick jokes. Dislike.

We're about:

In contemporary vernacular, skeptic generally means someone who questions conventional wisdom, or someone who habitually or excessively doubts. It is often used as a pejorative to mean closed-minded. This is the baggage that the modern term “skeptic” must deal with, and it is about as far away as you can get from skepticism as defined by those who actually call themselves skeptics.

The modern skeptical movement has used the self-label of “skeptic” for decades to refer to what Carl Sagan called “scientific skepticism,” to distinguish it from philosophical skepticism or mere cynicism.

"A skeptic is one who prefers beliefs and conclusions that are reliable and valid to ones that are comforting or convenient, and therefore rigorously and openly applies the methods of science and reason to all empirical claims, especially their own. A skeptic provisionally proportions acceptance of any claim to valid logic and a fair and thorough assessment of available evidence, and studies the pitfalls of human reason and the mechanisms of deception so as to avoid being deceived by others or themselves. Skepticism values method over any particular conclusion." -Steven Novella

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